FLINT, MI -- Flint Public Safety Administrator Barnett Jones resigned today, Jan. 10, after being questioned about a second job working as head of security for the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, officials said.

Flint emergency financial manager Ed Kurtz said he met with Jones and City Administrator Michael Brown this morning after they were contacted Wednesday by the Detroit Free Press about Jones' second job in Detroit.

"He was working both jobs and had failed to tell us he was
working for somebody else. We didn't know he was working for somebody else," Kurtz said. "We met with him this morning and he voluntarily resigned. He was very apologetic."

Kurtz said Jones submitted a one-line, handwritten letter of resignation.

"I don't know what happened, but he's done really good work
for us," Kurtz said. "Needless to say, I'm disappointed."

In Flint, he made $135,000 -- a sore spot with some in the community because Flint also has a police chief, Alvern Lock, who declined to comment today on Jones' resignation. Jones salary was paid for with a grant from the C.S. Mott Foundation, officials said.

Jones receives another $138,750 from the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, according to the Free Press report.

Kurtz said he would describe Jones' Flint job as a full-time position as an adviser to the police and fire departments. He said he did great work for the city, especially on the city's public safety plan.

Kurtz said he doesn't expect his office will do a follow-up examination of Jones' time in Flint versus his time in Detroit.

"I don't dispute it -- he claims he was putting in 40 hours
here and 40 there through multiple shifts and weekends," Kurtz said. "I have nothing to dispute that."

Despite Jones' resignation, a statement issued this afternoon by Kurtz' office said, "Mr. Jones will still have the option of working for the city as a public safety consultant."

Brown clarified that statement this afternoon, saying Jones is one person who could be considered for a consulting position if the city decides to pursue that route.

"Especially if (Chief Lock) comes to
us and says he could use assistance here or there then we would consider a
consultant option," Brown said. "(Jones) would be an example of someone we could utilize as a
consultant."

Kurtz acknowledged that Jones was working for the Detroit water and sewer department while the city of Flint is in negotiations with the department about a potential contract for future drinking water.

He said Jones was not directly involved in any of the water discussions.

"He certainly attended staff meetings where it was
discussed generally," Kurtz said. "It might be more of a perceived conflict than
an actual conflict."